Virginia's 3rd Senate district

Virginia's 3rd Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Republican Tommy Norment, currently the Senate Minority Leader, since 1992.^[3]

Virginia's 3rd State Senate district
District map before the 2023 election District map from the 2023 election
Senator	Chris Head R–Roanoke
Demographics	80% White 11% Black 4% Hispanic 2% Asian 3% Other
Population (2019)	218,574[1]
Registered voters	174,798[2]

Geography

District 3 is located largely on the Virginia Peninsula and Middle Peninsula along the Chesapeake Bay coastline, including all of Poquoson, Gloucester County, King and Queen County, King William County and New Kent County, as well as parts of Hampton, Suffolk, Isle of Wight County, James City County, Surry County and York County.^[3]

The district overlaps with Virginia's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd congressional districts, and with the 64th, 76th, 91st, 93rd, 96th, 97th, and 98th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.^[4]

Recent election results

2019

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 3^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tommy Norment (incumbent)	50,448	61.7
	Democratic	Herbert Jones Jr.	31,056	38.0
Total votes			81,776	100
	Republican hold

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 3^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tommy Norment (incumbent)	35,520	69.7
	Democratic	Hugo Reyes	15,432	30.3
Total votes			50,952	100
	Republican hold

2011

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 3^[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tommy Norment (incumbent)	11,400	73.0
	Republican	Mark Frechette	4,089	26.2
Total votes			15,617	100
General election
	Republican	Tommy Norment (incumbent)	38,665	96.5
Total votes			40,136	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[7][8]
2020	President	Trump 61.6–36.6%
2017	Governor	Gillespie 60.0–39.0%
2016	President	Trump 61.1–33.8%
2014	Senate	Gillespie 61.0–36.8%
2013	Governor	Cuccinelli 57.7–34.7%
2012	President	Romney 62.6–36.1%
	Senate	Allen 61.3–38.7%

Historical results

All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines.

2007

2007 Virginia Senate election, District 3^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tommy Norment (incumbent)	29,699	95.1
Total votes			31,200	100
	Republican hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 3^[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tommy Norment (incumbent)	10,470	62.3
	Republican	Paul Jost	6,340	37.7
Total votes			16,810	100
General election
	Republican	Tommy Norment (incumbent)	21,309	65.5
	Democratic	Mary Minor	11,080	34.1
Total votes			32,520	100
	Republican hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 3^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tommy Norment (incumbent)	24,916	62.9
	Democratic	Lynwood Lewis	14,611	36.9
Total votes			39,595	100
	Republican hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 3^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tommy Norment (incumbent)	32,667	99.3
Total votes			32,904	100
	Republican hold

District officeholders since 1904

Years	Senator, District 3	Counties/Cities in District
1904–1906	John N. Harman (R)	Buchanan County, Dickenson County, Russell County, and Tazewell County
1906–1908	R. Walter Dickenson (R)
1908–1912	Roland E. Chase (R)
1912–1916	J. Powell Royall (R)
1916–1920
1920–1922	Robert O. Crockett (R)
1922–1924	Campbell C. Hyatt (R)
1924–1928	Alfred C. Smith (D)	Norfolk County, City of Portsmouth and the City of South Norfolk
1928–1932	Lloyd E. Warren (D)
1932–1936	Major M. Hillard (D)
1936–1940
1940–1944
1944–1948
1948–1952
1952–1956
1956–1960	Gordon F. Marsh (D)	Norfolk County and the City of South Norfolk[9]
1960–1964
1964–1966
1966	William B. Spong (D)	City of Portsmouth, City of Chesapeake and the City of Virginia Beach
1966–1972	William H. Hodges (D)
1972–1976	William E. Fears (D)	Accomac County, James City County, Northampton County, York County and the cities of Williamsburg and Newport News (part)
1976–1980		Accomac County, James City County, Northampton County, York County and the cities of Williamsburg, Poquoson and Newport News (part)
1980–1984
1984–1988
1988–1992
1992–1996	Tommy Norment (R)	Gloucester County, James City County, New Kent County, City of Newport News (part), City of Williamsburg and York County (part)
1996–2000
2000–2004
2004–2008
2008–2012
2012–2016		Gloucester County, King & Queen County, King William County, New Kent County, City of Poquoson, Isle of Wight County (part), James City County (part), Surry County (part), York County (part), City of Hampton (part), City of Suffolk (part)
2016–present